All thanks to TSMC.
Pumping the Taiwan stock market, solving unemployment, making Taiwanese have more sex, saving the island's future — 護國神山 in every sense.
Graduates in Taiwan aren't debating whether to join TSMC, Acer, Asus or MediaTek anymore. They're debating whether to join TSMC Fab 1, Fab 20 or Fab 25. (Fab 20 is the most prestigious)
TSMC hires ~8,000 people a year, and Taiwan had only 107k babies in 2025 — a record low. That's one TSMC badge for every 13 newborn.
Gone are the 2010s when Taiwan wages stagnated for 20 years. Now everything is on the rise.
And on that note about more sex — TSMC should just run a hiring slogan: "Real men have fabs and sex."
神山maxxing.